![]() “The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be” by Gahan Wilson The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (Tor, 2012) Great start to the collection that takes the rough concept of Hellraiser and does something both similar and remarkably different with it. Hits exactly the right notes and elements for a story like this. We both know that this wasn’t a simple prop. ![]() Jack then gets sucked into the underground movie scene by people who say they have access to this purportedly lost film…and the cabinet used as a “prop” in the movie. ![]() Jack is an old-time film buff and memorabilia collector who encounters a still photo from a presumed fictitious or lost film from 1932, which was said to be about people who are brought to Hell via a cabinet and transformed into living, murderous puppets (sounds like my kind of movie). “Prisoners of the Inferno” by Peter Atkins ![]() Hellbound Hearts, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan (Pocket Books, 2009) Brite by a slim margin because it blends a classic HPL story that doesn’t get enough love, plus the New Orleans goth scene in the 1980s. ![]() I think my favorite story was “His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood” by Poppy Z. Welcome to Week 220 of my horror short fiction review project! Some great stories this week–I loved all of them in different ways. ![]()
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